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The Bluestocking, where the short days shorten and the oaks are brown

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MarieDeGournay · 11/10/2025 23:41

Welcome all, regulars and newcomers, to the Bluestocking Women's Pub, a place of refuge and inspiration and camaraderie and silliness, where all alcoholic drinks are non-intoxicating, cakes contain no gluten, sugar or calories, but still taste yummy, and the attentive staff are small but very professional rodents wearing snazzy little outfits.

Other roles - such as acting as foot stools, looking decorative in the garden, or just being impossibly cute when you need something impossibly cute to go awwww at - are filled by a team of miniature pigs, quokkas, wombats, etc etc.

If real life is difficult, you can bring your troubles to the Bluestocking and a comfy chair will be found for you at a roaring fire, a miniature pig will settle down happily to support your tired feet, and a gerbil will serve you promptly with a comforting drink - very large G&Ts or massive mugs of hot chocolate with extra cream and marshmallows are popular choices [don't forget: no calories in the BluestockingSmile].

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Swashbuckled · 18/10/2025 19:35

Aw, thanks Marie! 🙂

I’ll be at a loose end at Easter though. I’ll be buggered if I’m foraging to make a wreath!

AsWithGlad · 18/10/2025 19:35

Welcome, @ChristmasStars . I hope you are already feeling comfortable here.

ChristmasStars · 18/10/2025 19:38

As for foraging I can really recommend doing a course somewhere if you're a beginner and then I have a couple of books I swear by if you're interested.

Nice to be here. The gerbils are very generous.

AsWithGlad · 18/10/2025 19:44

FarriersGirl · 18/10/2025 15:33

You lucky thing - I was booked into one of his sessions in January this year but came down with a terrible cold and could not sing a note so didn't go.

Oh, dear. I hope you get the chance of another session.

ifIwerenotanandroid · 18/10/2025 19:47

Swashbuckled · 18/10/2025 19:35

Aw, thanks Marie! 🙂

I’ll be at a loose end at Easter though. I’ll be buggered if I’m foraging to make a wreath!

LOL, that was the only thing that appealed to me! I have loads of eggs & wooden animals on strings, & thought I might have a go. Somewhere I have lots of wooden daisies - they'd work, too. Hmm. If only I could remember where they are.

Stuff that's toxic in unspecified quantities though, or has been peed on by wildlife = no. I'm a decorator, not a forager. I forage the supermarket shelves, & that's my limit.

FuzzyPuffling · 18/10/2025 19:53

"Foraging" to me means bagging a bargain in the yellow sticker section.

ChristmasStars · 18/10/2025 20:02

FuzzyPuffling · 18/10/2025 19:53

"Foraging" to me means bagging a bargain in the yellow sticker section.

😂😂😂

MarieDeGournay · 18/10/2025 20:35

ifIwerenotanandroid · 18/10/2025 19:47

LOL, that was the only thing that appealed to me! I have loads of eggs & wooden animals on strings, & thought I might have a go. Somewhere I have lots of wooden daisies - they'd work, too. Hmm. If only I could remember where they are.

Stuff that's toxic in unspecified quantities though, or has been peed on by wildlife = no. I'm a decorator, not a forager. I forage the supermarket shelves, & that's my limit.

'Peed on by the wildlife' is a good one, android - when a keen gardener friend proudly offers me one of their strawberries/gooseberries/ whateverberries straight off the plant, a voice is screaming in my head 'DON'T EAT IT! IT'S COVERED IN BIRDSHIT! but I eat it anyway and say 'Mmmmmm lovely!'. Because I'm nice😒

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FuzzyPuffling · 18/10/2025 20:43

Birdshit might be really good for you. It's just no-one has proved it yet. Let's face it, if snail slime is good for your complexion, birdshit might be the Elixir of Youth.

If it is, im grabbing the patent now. We have pigeons in the front garden.
Incontinent pigeons.

MarieDeGournay · 18/10/2025 20:49

FuzzyPuffling · 18/10/2025 20:43

Birdshit might be really good for you. It's just no-one has proved it yet. Let's face it, if snail slime is good for your complexion, birdshit might be the Elixir of Youth.

If it is, im grabbing the patent now. We have pigeons in the front garden.
Incontinent pigeons.

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😂
Will you have some pigeon poo?
Ah guano guano guano guano guano guano guano...
[Fr Ted ref, in case anybody's puzzled]

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FuzzyPuffling · 18/10/2025 21:12

MarieDeGournay · 18/10/2025 20:49

😂
Will you have some pigeon poo?
Ah guano guano guano guano guano guano guano...
[Fr Ted ref, in case anybody's puzzled]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Magpiecomplex · 18/10/2025 21:24

MarieDeGournay · 18/10/2025 20:49

😂
Will you have some pigeon poo?
Ah guano guano guano guano guano guano guano...
[Fr Ted ref, in case anybody's puzzled]

Took me a moment 😂

Britinme · 18/10/2025 21:27

We had some music and singing where I was this afternoon. And a lot of signs and various inflatable animals, including a lobster (very Maine).

The Bluestocking, where the short days shorten and the oaks are brown
The Bluestocking, where the short days shorten and the oaks are brown
MarieDeGournay · 18/10/2025 21:31

A glance at the clock.... a check upthread... nothing from Myrtle.. could it be..?

Could it be that the lion, the mightly lion sleeps tonight, at last safely over her op?

Altogether now the Gerbil Choir -
A wimoweh a wimoweh...

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Britinme · 18/10/2025 21:33

I hope so! It's dreadful the messing about she's been subjected to.

Magpiecomplex · 18/10/2025 21:33

I'm sure Myrtle will explain more in the morning but no, it hasn't happened again.

MarieDeGournay · 18/10/2025 23:35

Magpiecomplex · 18/10/2025 21:33

I'm sure Myrtle will explain more in the morning but no, it hasn't happened again.

Words fail me. Poor Myrtle!
Thanks for letting us know, Magpie.

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EdithStourton · 19/10/2025 09:07

Magpiecomplex · 18/10/2025 21:33

I'm sure Myrtle will explain more in the morning but no, it hasn't happened again.

Noooo!
I'm desperately hoping that she is in theatre now.

ifIwerenotanandroid · 19/10/2025 10:11

Magpiecomplex · 18/10/2025 21:33

I'm sure Myrtle will explain more in the morning but no, it hasn't happened again.

I'm trying to work out if that means 'the op hasn't happened, again' or 'there's been no postponement, after all the previous postponements'.

Whatever the position, 💙 to Myrtle.

Magpiecomplex · 19/10/2025 10:46

ifIwerenotanandroid · 19/10/2025 10:11

I'm trying to work out if that means 'the op hasn't happened, again' or 'there's been no postponement, after all the previous postponements'.

Whatever the position, 💙 to Myrtle.

The former. Still no op.

AlexandraLeaving · 19/10/2025 10:57

Magpiecomplex · 18/10/2025 21:33

I'm sure Myrtle will explain more in the morning but no, it hasn't happened again.

Fucking hell, poor Myrtle. x

ifIwerenotanandroid · 19/10/2025 11:13

Magpiecomplex · 19/10/2025 10:46

The former. Still no op.

Thanks. It's getting beyond a joke, isn't it? I hope she's managing to keep her spirits up.

Swashbuckled · 19/10/2025 11:41

Poor Myrtle 😢💙

The Bluestocking, where the short days shorten and the oaks are brown
ifIwerenotanandroid · 19/10/2025 11:50

Swashbuckled · 19/10/2025 11:41

Poor Myrtle 😢💙

She looks so tragic & long-suffering, yet still noble.😍😂A sort of love-child of Aslan & Ophelia - but with good boobs, even in a hospital gown. We should all try to #bemoreMyrtle.

FarriersGirl · 19/10/2025 12:02

Oh no not another delay for poor Myrtle it is long past a joke 😥

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